Re: Proposal: Add JSON support

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: Petr Jelinek <pjmodos(at)pjmodos(dot)net>, Joseph Adams <joeyadams3(dot)14159(at)gmail(dot)com>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Proposal: Add JSON support
Date: 2010-04-06 17:31:49
Message-ID: 23394.1270575109@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
> On Tue, Apr 6, 2010 at 12:03 PM, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> wrote:
>> To me, what this throws into question is not so much whether JSON null
>> should equate to SQL NULL (it should), but whether it's sane to accept
>> atomic values.

> With this, I disagree. I see no reason to suppose that a JSON NULL
> and an SQL NULL are the same thing.

Oh. If they're not the same, then the problem is easily dodged, but
then what *is* a JSON null?

regards, tom lane

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